Victoria Beckham Interview | Parkinson | BBC Studios

Victoria Beckham talks about the press speculation around her weight loss and dealing with press interest around the Brooklyn kidnapping threats. Free video clip from the popular british talk show 'Parkinson'.
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[@zyclonb6]

Well done Victoria - you answered every question honestly and genuinely. I think she handles her fame perfectly. Such a lady. I bet she is a fantastic mother. Wish the tabloids would leave her in peace.

[@Louizalass]

I am always amazed at just how funny Victoria Beckham can be. She's natural and self-effacing and I wish the press would give her the credit she deserves.

[@janerebecca6586]

It's sad if she really is ok . People think it's rude to say someone if fat but not that they are skinny. No one in a serious interview would ask a woman "how much junk do you eat" if someone was overweight.

[@andreynaonyoutube]

That was so disrespectful towards her. I'm impressed how well she handled everything.

[@sr2592]

@@LuCa-nn4wnWho is the man next to her??

[@jorgeoscar1000]

She is so intelligent, super well spoken, strong ,powerful and therefore Superior !!!!! i adore Her !!!!!

[@bjesgirl]

I love how all these celebrities are "naturally thin." She's too thin, and its because she's starving herself, its so obvious and i dont know why her "fans" are so desperate to deny it. But its not my problem and i dont think its appropriate to ask on a TV show. She should get better for her family, not for the nosy public.

[@deborahocampo852]

Not at all . I'm. Not as thin but slimmer than most friends and I eat lots especially cakes ect .I dont go to gyms ..some are just slim. People .why dont come. Get that...it has nothing to do with ceb

[@unpopularsoul]

This is disgusting and should never have been allowed to air. Many girls out there (like me) who are naturally skinny/slim.. it doesn’t mean they have a problem!!! Shame on Michael!

[@MaKetchup10]

There is nothing wrong with Victoria...she had made a massive success of her life without having to steal or con !...anyone disliking her is JEALOUS of her fame and wealth!.. I think she should be very proud of all she has achieved!

[@WilltheWang]

her accent is killing me.. thumbs up if you can listen to her talk forever

[@sebbyknight]

Completely accurate summation. VG.

[@araya1]

Shes seems like a sweet woman. I never did get the flack she gets for being famous. She has never done anything wrong or anything inappropriate as other celebs have.

[@Ritchieg1983]

It's all jealousy

[@eduardomerino8098]

Tell that to the people that work under her.

[@iluvposh18]

omg everyone shut up!!! Victoria Beckham is a beautiful woman, and she looks amazing then and now... and what is ur problem if u r commenting poorly on this... do u hav nothing else to do?!

[@ItsAngelAnthonyBetch]

THIS MOMENT IS IN V.B's AUTOBIOGRAPHY!!! I quote: "...and no I wasn't anorexic. At this point, Clarissa Dickinson-Wright turned to me and said something along the lines of so do you eat anything except lettuce leaves? And everybody laughed. And I wanted to stick up for myself and yet still be respectful. What if I'd turned round and said to her "so do you eat anything except chips and pizza?" Imagine the public outcry! You're allowed to take the piss out of being thin but you're not allowed to..

[@thesophieduncan]

she's gorgeous, everyone leave her alone!

[@bommmmmmmm]

1/2 There are individuals out there (many unheard of) who have spent their lives fighting oppression, helping the vulnerable, who have put the needs of others first and have tried so hard to make the world a better place for their fellow humans. From mother Teresa who spent here entire life protecting children in the slums of Calcutta, to the 100's of unknown scientists who have dedicated themselves to ridding the world of diseases. From volunteers who run support .....

[@madelena1234]

@As I said I lost so much weight after I had my son, and this is normal. I feel she is a good person, who is very maligned. She is the mum of four kids now I think and does deserve respect. Our society is sick, I agree, but in her case1 I do not sense people idolise her thiness, because people r becoming more aware of how weight issues are manipulated to sell clothes, makeup etc.

[@hppc116]

i wouldn't have believed i actually liked anything about her but i have to say i LOVE her voice! so beautiful and soothing...(I'm hearing it for the first time) does she have a posh accent? (I'm from Germany so I can't tell)

[@nikki2970]

even if she did put on weight...she would then get critized for that, she cant win. dont know why people cant just leave her alone. people call her arrogant and miserable.. wudnt you be miserable if you had cameras in your face, with people shouting at you?and its not like we know her....so who are they to say she is arrogant. she is better then alot fo other celebritys out there like Jordan. the best thing she does, is that she just gets on with her life and ignores the storys. Love her!

[@imaginetheresno]

Victoria IS a lovely lady....and level headed....in her very topsy turvy world! Best wishes to her and her family.

[@belkys13]

she's lying. you can see she evades the question "what do you eat?" she wouldn't say, she evaded

[@leroy214]

@Beccies it is terribly rude sometimes but some people need a wake up call too. if you claim to care you also have to be truthful and let someone you care about know what is not good.

[@roomservice96]

i usually don't like short hair on girls, but i think it totally suits her. she is so cute!

[@scarlettkhan9667]

it really suits her

[@homieblossom]

i honestly dont think victoria is anorexic she is just very slim, i've seen anorexic girls before and trust me victoria isn't

[@hallson2917]

Rest In Peace MIchael Parkinson!

[@danielaroldan3738]

She Is perfection 💅❤️

[@stuart38]

i thought victoria beckham got in with david beckham while the spice girls were popular as a simple way to guarantee a good future.but interviews like this make me like her with each one i watch.good for you,girl.and good luck.

[@JG-nx3jg]

She had an absolutely perfect Karen haircut

[@AmMartha]

first time in my life I hear her voice! ;)

[@Followwherethetruthleads]

I think they are the best couple. They are the 1st n d last of each other.. So sweet :D

[@chrdvr6480]

Her facial expressions tell her she's lying

[@selzz14]

shes actiouly a gorgrous beautiful mum

[@blackwarb]

Really nice interview. She comes across as balanced and quite down to earth.Very different from what the alot of people perceive her to be eg 'stuck up', 'up her own arse' etc

[@mimi42428]

that's a really mean thing to say about ethiopians.the ethiopians that are as skinny as her don't have any food to eat.they don't deliberately starve themelves.they're suffering from poverty and it's really not considerate of you to compare them to her.

[@patm1969]

"What do you eat?" "Breakfast, lunch and dinner" what a dope! I think she meant food not meals. ;-)

[@cindygreenhill2935]

So lovely.

[@zyclonb6]

Victoria is brilliant, love her

[@ctube.]

right, and this interview was years ago

[@joycedjikeng4825]

she looks amazing here 😍😘

[@Pussycatfeathers]

she seems like a perfectly normal nice down to earth girl, i think personally that shes too thin, but it is possible to lose weight after having kids, usually you put it on, but some "lucky" women become thinner so maybe she is being honest and she looks perfectly healthy to me....i think people should leave her alone!!

[@SuGaRuSh14]

I WANT to like Posh, I WANT to believe her... but some of this "we don't want to be in the newspapers", "this is just the way I look now... it's hereditory"... it doesn't seem genuine. However, Posh has made her life work for her, she knew what she wanted, how she could achieve it and doesn't give one what anybody else thinks of her. I take my hat off to her for that, but I doubt her sincerity.

[@kjs4154]

She is sooooo gorgeous!!

[@ashjwood]

Also if you look at her face,she is being honest.She isnt lieing.All of you people do not know her so dont fucking judge her by the way she is. Everyone has problems.But atleast she has a great family to back her up.

[@dowling1981]

yes but she shouldn't encourage her fans that being stick thin is desireable - its very irresponsible. By the way, she puts herself in the public eye so we have every right to judge her - its part of being a celebrity.

[@MrBigman26]

she carries herself well

[@chanceoperations]

that's true...i have so many friends who lost weight from breastfeeding, and they had a hard time to keep their weight up.

[@D2Parton]

Flippin love Clarissa!

[@zyclonb6]

6' 150lbs here. Pour concret for a living, I eat once a day - beacause thats how I like to...skinny as a rake, not anorexic. Never get sick. Never miss work. Carry bags of concrete half my weight up ladders day after day...did I mention I'm male? My mother was thin like Victoria. Leave the poor girl alone. I run circles around the fat muscle heads at work, and get paid more then the others because of it.

[@Emuce006]

i love her accent.

[@AmMartha]

first time in my life I hear her voice! ;) when she doesn't sing of course

[@angiersj]

no... You gene can influence your bio-chemistry which will influence how fast your metabolism is. But that is only one factor to influence your metabolism. The amount of muslce you have, what you eat, how often you eat, your age, how active you are, and whether or not you do strength training determines your metabolism. It's not left to genetics alone.

[@Sassy28311]

I think she eats regularly but she probably has a strict fitness routine which keeps the weight off. If the doctor says she's fine, she's fine imo.

[@zyclonb6]

@2112murphy She is so charismatic, real, and (I believe) honest. I'm not a foot-ball fan or a spice girls fan but I love Victoria.

[@HeartPrism]

When did this first air?

[@jennz90]

erm "the red head" is the one known for having had an eating disorder for ages.

[@msmilano7091]

MovieDrawings What difference does it make? Mel C also spoke out about suffering from one in those days.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

happy 43th birthday victoria carline beckham !!!

[@Ritchieg1983]

Caroline*

[@Cookies7694]

wow LOVE this woman!

[@Giovannisenzaterra]

"There is a ghost travelling around Europe,she's the Beckham's wife" K.Marx

[@Greensery]

@madelena1234 I never said it wasn't normal. I was and am talking about her weight staying as it is. People clearly idolize her for her thinness, I have too when I was trying to reach an unhealthy weight. I do agree with you that she's a good person and a dedicated mother, nobody can deny that.

[@catseye664]

oh ty. because i first heard the term when i was watchin "AbFab" (i got the first 4 seasons on DVD, amazong show) and it was the episode where Suphie wrote a play, and said that Eddie was two stone overweight, and then Eddie goes "ONE STONE!". lol, ive been wonderin what that meant for a couple years now. ty.

[@madelena1234]

This is so wierd!! Beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. The proof is in these feedbacks.

[@marrydruli]

I think she is adorable

[@icatchlife]

@VinnyMonster1 I work with a lady who said that! She said she was "big" before she had her daughter but after she gave birth she lost tons of weight mysteriously. Maybe it's the breastfeeding or something, I don't really know. It's strange how everyones bodies react different to certain situations. My grandma compares me to my skinny sister by saying, "it must be hard for you to watch her eat whatever she wants and not gain weight" Rude, right??

[@adrianatns]

Wow, this is just scary. Her arms are freaky.

[@jaggass]

why i do think of alistair mcgowan impersonating parky when watching this?

[@ONLY1BLAZE]

she's beautiful... don't change a thing, victoria

[@ItsAngelAnthonyBetch]

...say anything about people being fat. She was actually a nice woman - a natural comedian. So I took it with a pinch of salt. But it was hard to defend myself. Overall though it went well. Michael Parkinson is one of nature's gentlemen. He's not trying to trip you up, like some of the younger interviewers who this that making you feel small will make them look big... As a very thin person I know exactly what it feels like to constantly face 'banter'about my weight while being fat 'isnt a joke'

[@KaelaCarver]

@icatchlife - I would say it's just as bad as accusing an overweight person of eating junk food. I actually gained weight from drinking alcohol when I went through some trauma. I was on a no-carb diet the entire time I drank, eating extremely well except that I was drinking vodka every night, vodka BY ITSELF with water chaser. And people assume I was eating mcdonalds and cookies everyday.

[@jlieb88]

'I got thinner after having a baby. Its hereditary' Seriously people

[@TorkG8]

Meg Ryan should watch this. This is how you talk to Parky Meg!!!!

[@TrishyxLou]

i don't know why people are all freaking out about it now, she was this thin in the spice girls too!

[@makeupadict09]

if you havnt got anything nice to say dont leave a comment or just dont watch the video !

[@mirr91]

she looks healthy and normal to me.

[@ln4321]

she's susch a liar. I use to tell exactly the same when I was anorexic : "I eat really healthy 4 times a day, don't understand why I lost weight, of course it worries me but my body is like that,..." and all that crap. It's crazy how similar our versions where. of course she is on a strict diet, just looking at her old pictures back in the spice girls day, she looked great. She used to be my favorite of the bunch.

[@mentallyshaken]

She looks like absolute perfection here. That haircut in particular has been driving me wild since she first had it c 1998

[@samanthalang4877]

She looks much better now then she did than

[@259]

What the... £1.99 only buys a happy meal? I can get a double cheeseburger for $1 here!

[@sexysissi1902]

who are the two other persons??? and why are they there?

[@woody44thatsme]

Who's the big woman on the right in the interview??

[@Ritchieg1983]

Who cares, she's fat. We don't pay attention to obese fat people

[@luckwhere]

she is beautiful

[@Linda-dc7rl]

Gosh! watching this interview makes me realise how politically correct the world has become and rightfully so! Cannot imagine a host asking such intrusive questions in this day and age.

[@newagedada]

you want to watch her and david beckham on the comic relief episode of ali g. she's laughing so hard she can barely speak.

[@firehawkowner]

it affects spice gurls ?? that band passed away years ago

[@Beccies]

@leroy214 I know that. But that mustn't be done on TV!

[@janelewis4817]

Wow she speaks very differently today on her instagram since becoming a designer- don’t get me wrong nothing wrong with improving yourself.

[@champcarkoolmild]

what does that mean at 6:20? she says, i would've been " "?

[@torontochick88]

She's toned and athletic, not "anorexic". It's sad. If she were anorexic she wouldn't have been able to have babies. Stop being jealous and leave her alone.

[@thelostpiranha]

She seems three times as smart as her husband.

[@chloedid]

i love her

[@zapfanzapfan]

@Nutsymton She is a celebrity chef, the still living half of "Two Fat Ladies". Clarissa Dickson Wright is her name.

[@karmickorn]

Come on people, our bodies are all different. My mom for one got thinner when she had my older sister. And she is still thin for a 52 yr old. Some people eat loads when they are depressed, for example. And some don't eat at all. Women always go yo-yo with our weight, it's normal.

[@MickJaggerLoveChild]

Yeah totally agree. I am sorry but a woman her height and age, CANNOT eat 3 meals a day with snacks in between and LOOK LIKE THAT!!!! It is impossible unless you are like 5.10 in height! I bet she only eats like one meal a day, and pushes her food around at that, even today.

[@dlouise64]

I know people that are like that too, but the thing with Victoia is she hasn't always been thin, so she's able to gain weight.

[@autumnforest9563]

this seemed like an interrogation.. what do you eat? are you anorexic? and what did the doctor say? some people are just built differently. if you eat small meals throughout the day your stomach actually shrinks down to its natural size.

[@computerrage]

No, you said 'her roles still touch/shape people nowerdays(sic)' ...I simply asked which roles influenced. Now you get an early night it's school tomorrow. (and pay attention during spelling lessons!)

[@coolbeens21]

@downwithitall I feel bad that she is being judged so harshly because she chooses to eat what she wants ;/

[@natamelon]

"how many lettuce leaves?" lol

[@Tomlifts2024]

Mrl c book brought Mr here. I remember this interview..... but my god its a hard watch now.... those questions.... rediculous

[@IntempestusNox]

Plenty of women are capable of healthily losing baby weight, I know woman who have done this! Its the women who don't lose baby weight quickly enough that add to your dilusion. She is an icon, and with modeling contracts worth up to $30 million she has an image to maintain. People initially think I am too thin (unhealthily thin) but I have a healthy BMI and I compete in both Gymnastics and Long Distance Running. People are under the impression that being very slim immediatley makes you ill.

[@MixtureMakeup]

actually i can. i don't know how skinny you are though but some VERY skinny girls think they're fat. i mean skinny as in you can really tell the person is not healthy or their BMI is not satisfying. i don't really think you understood my point.

[@Darrylizer1]

She has a perfectly healthy diet: 5 cornflakes and a bar of chocolate a day.